Global-MMA Rankings - January 2019

Heavyweight
1. Vitaly Minakov (Bellator)
2. Cheick Kongo (Bellator)
3. Ryan Bader (Bellator)
4. Fedor Emelianenko (Bellator)
5. Sergei Kharitonov (Bellator)
6. Matt Mitrione (Bellator)
7. Amir Aliakbari (ACA)
8. Roy Nelson (Bellator)
9. Josh Copeland (PFL)
10. Philip De Fries (KSW Champion)

Other Contenders: Ivan Shtyrkov (RCC), Tony Johnson (ACA), Aleksander Emelianenko (RCC), Karol Bedorf (KSW), Satoshi Ishii (SBC Champion)

Light Heavyweight
1. Ryan Bader (Bellator Champion)
2. Jiri Prochazka (RIZIN)
3. Tomasz Narkun (KSW Champion)
4. Vadim Nemkov (Bellator)
5. Phil Davis (Bellator)
6. Rashid Yusupov (PFL)
7. Liam McGeary (Bellator)
8. Linton Vassell (Bellator)
9. Vinny Magalhaes (PFL)
10. Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal (Bellator)

Other Contenders: Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov (ACA Champion), Khadis Ibragimov (M-1 Global), Viktor Nemkov (M-1 Global), Maxim Grishin (PFL), Chael Sonnen (Bellator)

Middleweight
1. Gegard Mousasi (Bellator Champion)
2. Aung La NSang (ONE Champion)
3. Bruno Silva (M-1 Global)
4. Scott Askham (KSW)
5. Albert Duraev (ACA Champion)
6. Lyoto Machida (Bellator)
7. John Salter (Bellator)
8. Rafael Carvalho (Bellator)
9. Rafael Lovato Jr. (Bellator)
10. Anatoly Tokov (Bellator)

Other Contenders: Alexander Shlemenko (Bellator), Michal Materla (KSW), Abusupiyan Magomedov (PFL), Leandro Ataides (ONE), Vitaly Bigdash (ONE)

Welterweight
1. Rory MacDonald (Bellator Champion)
2. Douglas Lima (Bellator)
3. Andrey Koreshkov (Bellator)
4. Ray Cooper III (PFL)
5. Jon Fitch (Bellator)
6. Michael Page (Bellator)
7. Paul Daley (Bellator)
8. Roberto Soldic (KSW Champion)
9. Lorenz Larkin (Bellator)
10. Abubakar Nurmagomedov (PFL)

Other Contenders: Mukhamed Berkhamov (ACA), Magomed Magomedkerimov (PFL), Neiman Gracie (Bellator), Jake Shields (PFL), Borys Mankowski (KSW)

Lightweight
1. Eddie Alvarez (ONE)
2. Michael Chandler (Bellator Champion)
3. Patricky Freire (Bellator)
4. Brent Primus (Bellator)
5. Martin Nguyen (ONE Champion)
6. Eduard Folayang (ONE)
7. Shinya Aoki (ONE)
8. Mateusz Gamrot (KSW Champion)
9. Benson Henderson (Bellator)
10. Luiz Gustavo Felix Dos Santos (RIZIN)

Other Contenders: Natan Shulte (PFL), Derek Anderson (Bellator), Johnny Case (RIZIN), Damien Brown (RIZIN), Yusuke Yachi (RIZIN)

Featherweight
1. Patricio Freire (Bellator Champion)
2. Lance Palmer (PFL)
3. Martin Nguyen (ONE Champion)
4. Steven Siler (PFL)
5. Pat Curran (Bellator)
6. Daniel Straus (Bellator)
7. Andre Harrison (PFL)
8. Daniel Weichel (Bellator)
9. Aaron Pico (Bellator)
10. Emmanuel Sanchez (Bellator)

Other Contenders: Bubba Jenkins (ACA), Koyomi Matsushima (ONE), A.J. McKee (Bellator), Georgi Karakhanyan (ACA), Marat Gafurov (ONE)

Bantamweight
1. Kyoji Horiguchi (RIZIN)
2. Shintaro Ishiwatari (King of Pancrase)
3. Darrion Caldwell (Bellator Champion)
4. Timur Valiev (PFL)
5. Michael McDonald (Bellator)
6. Kevin Belingon (ONE Champion)
7. Bibiano Fernandes (ONE)
8. Rafael Silva (Pancrase)
9. Eduardo Dantas (Bellator)
10. Soo Chul Kim (ROAD FC Champion)

Other Contenders: Joe Taimanglo (Bellator), Emmanuel Sanchez (Bellator), Kai Asakura (RIZIN), Shawn Bunch (Bellator), Victor Henry (DEEP)

Global-MMA Ranking Update Summary

* Ranked Fighters Removed from All Previous Rankings Dating Back to February 2012:

Heavyweight: Tony Lopez, Cole Konrad (Retired), Eric Prindle, Todd Duffee (UFC), Alexei Kudin, Soa Palelei (UFC), Levan Razmadze, Rich Hale, Chaban Ka, Rolles Gracie, Jeff Monson, Peter Graham, Alexey Oleinik (UFC), Ryan Martinez, Lavar Johnson, Mike Russow, Andrei Arlovski (UFC), Dmitriy Sosnovskiy, Guram Gugenishvilli, Derrick Mehmen, Kenny Garner, Brett Rogers, Magomed Malikov, Konstantin Erokhin (UFC), Shamil Abdurahimov (UFC), Konstantin Gluhov, Stephan Puetz (Division Change), Damian Grabowski (UFC), Ken Hasegawa (Division Change), Marcin Tybura (UFC), Denis Smoldarev, Oli Thompson, Alexander Volkov (UFC), Smealinho Rama (Division Change), Kirill Sidelnikov, Matt Mitrione, Shawn Jordan, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (Retired), Geronimo dos Santos, Fernando Rodrigues Jr., Denis Goltsov, Evengy Erokhin, Siala-Mou “Mighty Mo” Siliga, Blagoy Ivanov (UFC), Bobby Lashley, Brandon Vera, Marcin Rozalski, Sergey Pavlovich (UFC), Kelvin Tiller, Mukhomad Vakhaev, Javy Ayala

Light Heavyweight: Glover Texeira (UFC), D.J. Linderman, Marcus Vanttinen, Gegard Mousasi (Strikeforce), Jimi Manuwa (UFC), Roger Hollett (UFC), Richard Hale (Division Change), Mark Godbeer, Travis Wiuff (Division Change), Sergey Kornev (Retired), Renato “Babalu” Sobral, Aleksandar Radosavljevic (Retired), Max Nunes, Jacob Noe, Raphael Davis, Jan Blachowicz (UFC), Anthony Johnson (UFC), Paul Buentello, Vladimir Matyushenko (Retired), Moise Rimbon, Christian M’Pumbu, Joey Beltran, Luiz Cane, Yoshiyuki Nakanishi (Division Change), James McSweeney, Jason Jones, Maxim Grishin, Mikhail Zayats, Mike Kyle, Thiago Silva, Teddy Holder, Goran Reljic, Vadim Nemkov, Shamil Gamzatov, Attila Vegh, Tito Ortiz (Retired), David Branch (UFC), Emanuel Newton, Smealinho Rama, Ronny Markes, Robert Drysdale, Karl Albrektsson, Stephan Puetz, Roger Gracie, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Batraz Agnaev, Valentin Moldavsky (Division Change), Nikita Krylov (UFC), Mikhail Zayats

Middleweight: Nate Marquardt (Strikeforce), Giva Santana, Bryan Baker, Hector Lombard (UFC), Andrei Semenov, Jorge Santiago (Strikeforce), Anthony Johnson (Division Change), Ryuta Sakurai, Magomed Sultanakhmedov (Retired), Antonio Neto (UFC), Thales Leites (UFC), Vitor Vianna, Bruno Santos, Roger Gracie (Division Change), Mario Miranda (Division Change), Arthur Guseinov, Dan Cramer, Eun-Su Lee, Elvis Mutapcic, Jesse Taylor, Leandro Ataides, Jay Silva, Brett Cooper, Kazuhiro Nakamura (Retired), Joe Schilling, Tamdan McCrory (UFC), Yoshiyuki Nakanishi, Doug Marshall, Kendall Grove, Young Choi, Tomasz Drwal, Melvin Manhoef, Yushin Okami (Division Change), Maiquel Falcao, Alessio Sakara, Clifford Starks, Aziz Karaoglu, David Branch (UFC), Ken Hasegawa (Division Change), Luis Santos, Brandon Halsey, Ramazan Emeev (UFC), Hisaki Kato, Alessio Sakara, Chidi Njokuani, Vladimir Mineev, Jung Hwan Cha, Mamed Khalidov (Retired), Shamil Gamzatov

Welterweight: Ben Saunders, Gael Grimaud, Bryan Baker, Yuya Shirai, Marius Zaromskis, Lyman Good, Myung Ho Bae, Fabricio Monteiro, Jay Hieron, Karl Amoussou, Rashid Magomedov (UFC), Albert Tumenov (UFC), Alexander Yakovlev (UFC), Takenori Sato (UFC), Shamil Zavurov, Josh Burkman (UFC), Ryan Ford, Rick Hawn, Steve Carl (UFC), Beslan Isaev, Yasubey Enomoto, Gota Yamashita, Keita “K-Taro” Nakamura (UFC), Nobutatsu Suzuki, Murad Abdulaev, Fernando Gonzalez, Shingo Suzuki, Yuta Watanabe, Brennan Ward, Evangelist “Cyborg” Santos, Emil Weber Meek (UFC), Saad Awad, Hisaki Kato (Division Change), Luis Santos (Division Change), Akihiro Murayama, Aslambek Saidov, Hiromitsu Miura, Chidi Njokuani, Zebaztian Kadestam, Yushin Okami (UFC), Ben Askren (Retired), Muslim Salikhov (UFC), Albert Tumenov, Juho Valamaa, Roberto Soldic, Kiichi Kunimoto, Rousimar Palhares, Alexey Kunchenko (UFC), Vyacheslav Vasilevsky, Dricus Du Plessis, Mukhamed Berkhamov

Lightweight: Francisco Trinaldo (UFC), Ricardo Tirloni, Koji Oishi, Mizuto Hirota (Strikeforce), Mairbek Taisumov, Zorobabel Moreira, Rich Clementi, Katsunori Kikuno, Paul Sass, Lloyd Woodard, Antonio McKee (Retired), Lewis Gonzales, Satoru Kitaoka, Yui Chul Nam (UFC), Kuniyoshi Hironaka, Kotetsu Boku, Naoyuki Kotani (UFC), Nick Newell, Eddie Alvarez (UFC), Leandro Silva (UFC), Luis “Buscape” Firmino, Isao Kobayashi (Division Change), Vuyisile Colossa, Mansour Barnaoui, Koji Ando, Musa Khamanaev, Jason Knight (UFC), Brandon Girtz, Saad Awad, Will Brooks (UFC), David Rickels, Marcin Held (UFC), Alexandr Shabliy, Alexander Butenko, Melvin Guillard, Ramazan Esenbaev, Josh Thomson, Alexander Sarnavskiy, Justin Gaethje (UFC), Dave Jansen, Brian Foster, Lowen Tynanes, Eduard Vartanyan, Satoru Kitaoka, Jason High, Akhmed Aliev, Abdul Aziz Abdulvakhabov, Diego Brandao, Ali Bagov, Pavel Kusch, Derek Campos, Sam Sicillia, Daron Cruickshank

Featherweight: Ronnie Mann, Mike Corey, Wilson Reis, Joachim Hansen, Mike Richman, Yusuke Kawanago, Takeshi Inoue, Joe Warren (Division Change), Wagnney Fabiano, Shahbulat Shamhalaev, Honorio Banario, Kazuyuki Miyata, Tatsuya Kawajiri (UFC), Doo Ho Choi (UFC), Takumi Nakayama, Marlon Sandro, Matt Bessette, Shinya Aoki (Division Change), Fabricio de Assis Costa da Silva, Daniel Romero, Magomeddrasul Khasbulaev, Koji Oishi (Retired), Caol Uno, Yoshifumi Nakamura, Diego Nunes, John Teixeira da Conceicao, Yutaka Saito, Isao Kobayashi, Rick Glenn (UFC), Sheymon da Silva Moraes, Hiroyuki Takaya, Goiti Yamauchi (Division Change), Rasul Mirzaev, Emmanuel Sanchez, Jadamba Narantungala, Marcos Alexandre Campos de Almeida, Ivan Buchinger, Khamzat Dalgiev, Kazunori Yokota, James Gallagher, Magomed Idrisov, Kron Gracie, Henry Corrales, Alexandre Bezerra

Bantamweight: Hiroshi Nakamura, Masakazu Imanari, Hideo Tokoro, Yusup Saadulaev, Antonio Banuelos, Wagnney Fabiano (Division Change), Alexis Vila, Rodolfo Marques Diniz, Travis Marx, Zach Makovsky (Division Change), Kyoji Horiguchi (UFC), Miguel Torres, Leandro Issa (UFC), Pablo Alfonso, Ed West, Anthony Leone, Yuta Sasaki (UFC), Tyson Nam, Cody Bollinger, Mike Richman, Josh Hill, Jonathan Brookins, Timur Valiev, Sheymon da Silva Moraes (Division Change), Luis Alberto Nogueira (Division Change), Dae Hwan Kim, Tom Duquesnoy (UFC), Marlon Moraes (UFC), Chris Gutierrez, Emmanuel Sanchez (Division Change), Petr Yan, Masakatsu Ueda, Sam Sicilia, Manel Kape, Marcos Galvao (Division Change), Takafumi Otsuka, Leandro Higo, Reece Mclaren, Joe Warren

Flyweight: Chico Camus, Bruno Azevedo, Yusaku Nakamura, Yuya Wakamatsu

Strawweight: Ryuto Sawada, Yosuke Saruta

Women's Featherweight: Faith Van Duin, Daria Ibragimova, Charmaine Tweet

Women's Flyweight: Mackenzie Dern  (UFC), Rin Nakai, Sarah D'Alelio, Lena Ovchynnikova, Ariane Lipski
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Global-MMA Ranking Rules

*This ranking system includes fighters that are not under exclusive contract to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

*Top level fighters that leave the UFC may be ranked in subsequent rankings.

*Fighters that sign exclusively to the UFC will be removed from the rankings. 

*Rankings are based on a fighter's overall career results and recent performance.

*A fighter will be ranked number one if he defeats the number one ranked fighter in the weight division except under certain rare circumstances where the number two ranked fighter clearly deserves to move into the number one ranking position.  

*Victories over highly ranked fighters and losses against non-ranked opponents have a larger effect on the fighters ranking position.

*A fighter will not necessarily take the place of his opponent in the rankings after a victory or a loss.

* A fighter can move up a maximum of three spots with impressive victories over a fighter ranked below him; however, there is no limit if the fighter earned a title or a tournament championship with the victory.

* An unranked newly crowned champion who earned a title in a major league MMA promotion can enter the top ten even with a victory over an unranked fighter.

*A fighter will drop in the rankings if he does not fight regularly against high level competition.

*A top ten ranked fighter can become ranked in another weight division after one or more wins in his new weight class.

*A fighter can be ranked in two different weight divisions.

*Champions and fighters from prominent promotions will have an advantage over champions and fighters from promotions with lesser competition.

*A fighter will be removed from the rankings if he does not fight for two years.

*Fighters that are signed to multiple promotions will have their promotions listed based on the following criteria: 1) championship held in a promotion, 2) predominant promotion the fighter fights in, 3) promotion last fought in.

*Rankings will be updated every month.

The rankings are posted at Sherdog this month:

http://forums.sherdog.com/threads/global-mma-rankings-outside-ufc-january-2019.3889543/#post-147969381

The ranking changes for the PFL NYE show will show up next month. I posted these rankings just before the PFL event started.

From next month I would like to add and run G-MMA Women's Atomweight rankings

Rizin=PRIDEFC wrote:From next month I would like to add and run G-MMA Women's Atomweight rankings

That would be great. You could just add them after I create the rankings every month.

CDF47 wrote:

Rizin=PRIDEFC wrote:From next month I would like to add and run G-MMA Women's Atomweight rankings

That would be great.  You could just add them after I create the rankings every month.

Thanks, I will add them after you create rankings. Guys be free to criticize and influence rankings.

Rizin=PRIDEFC wrote:

CDF47 wrote:

Rizin=PRIDEFC wrote:From next month I would like to add and run G-MMA Women's Atomweight rankings

That would be great.  You could just add them after I create the rankings every month.

Thanks, I will add them after you create rankings. Guys be free to criticize and influence rankings.

Sounds good.

Rizin=PRIDEFC wrote:

CDF47 wrote:

Rizin=PRIDEFC wrote:From next month I would like to add and run G-MMA Women's Atomweight rankings

That would be great.  You could just add them after I create the rankings every month.

Thanks, I will add them after you create rankings. Guys be free to criticize and influence rankings.

They suck!

Lol/jk looking forward to them.

InfinityLens wrote:

Rizin=PRIDEFC wrote:

CDF47 wrote:

Rizin=PRIDEFC wrote:From next month I would like to add and run G-MMA Women's Atomweight rankings

That would be great.  You could just add them after I create the rankings every month.

Thanks, I will add them after you create rankings. Guys be free to criticize and influence rankings.

They suck!

Lol/jk looking forward to them.

LOL....Thanks.